Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society

Membership Annual Dues

• Individual - $5.00

• Family - $10.00

• Sustaining -  $25 - $100.00

• Business - $25 - $100.00

• Life - $1,000.00
  
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Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society is a 501(C) 3 not-for-profit organization.

The Oldest horse drawn hearse in DeKalb County
1923 Overland Touring Car
Model railroad trains
Depot built in 1882 and Caboose (Crummy) from 1950
An old printing press
Genoa Merchants baseball team scrapbook and pictures
A large collection of telephones made in Genoa including:
Wall telephones dating from 1892-1913
An Army field telephone and field switchboard from WWII
The first dial telephone
The prototype Strowger switch which began the automation of the telephone system
A large collection of pictures of telephones, switchboards and manufactured parts.

Coming Soon!  A slide presentation on the restoration of the depot building. 
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This page maintained by Sheri Baker 

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